“Don’t be, this’ll be lots of fun for us, not everyday one goes exploring.”
Summer coloured, ducking her head. “It’s very kind of you to say so, my lord. Camelot because — well, for one, because there is you. There aren’t very many young heirs or young lords just now, so of course I should come to where the folk of my age and rank are gathering, and that is here, around you.” Ducking under an outstretched limb, she went on, “Also Camelot, for good or ill, is a leader to the lands around. To know the temper of Camelot is to know which way many of the other kingdoms will incline. It’s not just the knights’ training I hope to take home, but friendship here. I think I haven’t done so badly there.” She grinned at him.Arthur grinned at her coloring and nodded. He understood that Camelot stood out like the beacon it was sometimes, the leader of the five kingdoms, determined to bring peace to all of the neighboring kingdoms and villages. They would just have to hope that they’d want the same as himself. Peace for everyone. “I’m glad if you are finding the friendships you were hoping for Summer. I know that everyone enjoys your company here and they all like you here.”
“This is entirely too much flattery.” She bit at her lips, trying not to smile and ruin the joke. “I grow suspicious of your motives, my lord. What is it you’re trying to gain by saying such kind things?”